In a moment it will be time for sports day but first lets take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news, in 20 minutes we will talk to the union of senior Civil Servants about the challenges for the Civil Service in implementing the queens speech. After eight oclock we will be live in salford to get an idea on how some of the policies in the queens speech will affect the north of england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well be joined england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well bejoined by the whitehall corresponded from the sun and the news editor of the financial times. Before we go to the sport a brief update on another story breaking in this hour, three people remained trapped after a crane lapsed in crewe. A spokeswoman for the police say they are dealing with the police say they are dealing with the incident. Emergency Services Including hazardous Response Unit from northwest and the driver has been airlifted to safety. Any more on that and we will bring it to you
Trafford, home of lancashire wicket club. You can just trafford, home of lancashire wicket club. You canjust about trafford, home of lancashire wicket club. You can just about reached the other old trafford with a good throw from the boundary. We are in the sporting fop hub of a major sports city. This is the bbcs state of sport debate. We are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. And we have brought together a prominent panel of leaders and achievers in sport. Also, jessica is with our studio audience. Achievers in sport. Also, jessica is with our studio audiencelj achievers in sport. Also, jessica is with our studio audience. I will be with our studio audience. I will be with a select group of stakeholders and experts for some of their questions about the issues concerning them. This is the culmination of a special week of programmes and reports across the bbc about the state of sport. Heres a reminder of what we have covered so a reminder of what we have covered so far. Ce
I had to control my anger, had to just stay calm inside and outside the ring. I chose a sport, actively, as a way of living. You talk about painkilling injections, painkilling drugs, anti inflammatories. It is widespread in football. If you rocked the boat, you were out. A flavour there of some of the areas weve been covering in the course of the week. I should say also on twitter, the hashtag is running, you canjoin in this debate. But let us introduce our panel. Liz nichol is the Chief Executive of uk sport, a former Welsh International netball player. Liz has been called the most powerful woman in british sport, as it is her organisation which decides which sports get how much money in their bid for olympic glory. Sir craig reilly is the president of the world anti doping agency, former Vice President of the International Olympic committee and former chairman of the british olympic association. He also played a key role as president of the International Badminton federation, in gett
Clearer, colder air moving down across the country. Still some cloud stuck across Western Areas on this weather front. Over the next few days it will be a battle between the colder air and this milder air which is trying to come in from the atlantic. Today, the highest temperatures will be in the south west of england, where we have still got weather like we had yesterday, temperatures will be in double figures here, but also sam rainbird drizzle. There is a bit of a shield of cloud in northern ireland, wales and the south east of england. Elsewhere, where we have got more sun, it is going to be quite cold. This evening and overnight, we see the cloud coming backin overnight, we see the cloud coming back in again from the atlantic, bringing rain into northern ireland, patchy rain for wales and the south west of england. But although we will see some cloud further east, it is not going to prevent a frost from forming very quickly in the night. And in the morning, the threat of freezing
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. You wont be too surprised to hear that there is yet more wintry weather in the forecast, especially over the next 2a hours. Eventually, things will turn a bit milder as we head into next week. For now, there we re head into next week. For now, there were scenes like this in staffordshi re were scenes like this in staffordshire a beautiful wintry weather there, but we have had icy conditions on any untreated surfaces, and freezing fog patches. For the rest of the day, it will feel cold wherever you are. There will be some sleet and snow, but we we re will be some sleet and snow, but we were not all be seeing it. We have had quite a bit of snow across parts of scotla nd had quite a bit of snow across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland overnight as this weatherfront pushed further south. It is now bringing outbreaks of snow across parts of Northern England and parts of wales as well. Some of that is falling as rain or sleet clos